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Edward Lear (attrib.), Mount Athos (1856)

Attibuted to Edward Lear, Mount Athos. Bears signature, date [1856] and inscription, watercolour and pencil. 37.5 x 17.5cm (14 3/4 x 6 7/8in). Bonahms.

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Edward Lear, Ravenna

Edward Lear, Ravenna. Watercolour, signed with monogram, 11.1x18cm. Roseberys.

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Edward Lear, Monte Corno

Edward Lear, Monte Corno, or Gran Sasso d’Italia. Watercolour, signed with mongram and titled, 16.1×25.4cm. Roseberys.

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Edward Lear, Pentedattilo

Edward Lear, Pentedattilo, Calabria. Watercolour, signed with monogram, 16.1x22cm. Roseberys.

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Edward Lear and the Play of Poetry

Oxford University Press has announced the publication of the book collecting the 2012 bicentenary essays, it will (probably) appear in August and will have 400 pages! Meanwhile, Bonhams is selling a collection of approximately 8,000 letters addressed to Lady Frances, Countess Waldegrave and … Continue reading

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J.R. Green on Edward Lear in 1871

Writing to Miss Olga von Glehn from Villa Congreve (also), San Remo, on 10 March 1871, John Richard Green states: I have just been seeing Lear’s pictures packed off for the Academy. I shall be home just in time for a … Continue reading

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Emo Verkerk’s Portraits of Edward Lear

Painter and sculptor Emo Verkerk has produced several portraits of Edward Lear over the years, here are three, from the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag website. Studie voor Portret van Edward Lear (1985). Oil and collage on plastic canvas. 55,5cm x 40cm. Gemeentemuseum Den Haag: … Continue reading

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More Edward Lear Online from Houghton

A quick note on new Edward Lear materials which Houghton Library have placed online: Studies of palm trees. 1876. TypDr 805.L513.76p (1-8). Poems and songs by Alfred Tennyson / set to music, and inscribed to Mrs. Alfred Tennyson by Edward … Continue reading

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The Archbishop of Dublin (NOT a Lear Limerick)

There was an Archbishop of Dublin Whom corns were incessantly troubling Till one night he arose And stuck pins in his toes Which assuaged that Archbishop of Dublin. This was listed on at a Sotheby’s auction as one in a … Continue reading

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Edward Lear’s Letters to Ellen Rawson & Daughter

This is part of a collection of 11 letters Edward Lear wrote to Mrs. Ellen Rawsom and her daughter Constance which were sold at Sotheby’s on 10 December 2013. Does anyone know where they ended up? The catalogue description: SERIES … Continue reading

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